gardening

Gar·den  (gärdn), Alexander 1730?-1791.

Scottish-born American naturalist and physician who contributed to the classification of New World plants. The gardenia is named after him.

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gar·den  (gärdn)

n.

1. A plot of land used for the cultivation of flowers, vegetables, herbs, or fruit.

2. gardens Grounds laid out with flowers, trees, and ornamental shrubs and used for recreation or display. Often used in the plural: public gardens; a botanical garden.

3. A yard or lawn.

4. A fertile, well-cultivated region.

5.

a. An open-air establishment where refreshments are served.

b. A large public auditorium or arena.

v. gar·dened, gar·den·ing, gar·dens

v.tr.

1. To cultivate (a plot of ground) as a garden.

2. To furnish with a garden.

v.intr.

1. To plant or tend a garden.

2. To work as a gardener.

adj.

1. Of, suitable to, or used in a garden: garden tools; garden vegetables.

2. Provided with open areas and greenery: a garden community.

3. Garden-variety.

Idiom:

lead/take down the garden path

To mislead or deceive (another).

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[Middle English gardin, from Old North French, from gart, of Germanic origin; see gher-¹ in Indo-European roots.]

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gardening [ˈgɑːd^ənɪŋ]

n

(Life Sciences & Allied Applications / Horticulture)

a.  the planning and cultivation of a garden

b.  (as modifier) gardening gloves

Thesaurus

Noun

1.

gardening - the cultivation of plants             horticulture farming, husbandry, agriculture - the practice of cultivating the land or raising stock landscape gardening, landscaping - working as a landscape gardener market gardening - the growing of vegetables or flowers for market floriculture, flower gardening - the cultivation of flowering plants garden - work in the garden; "My hobby is gardening" landscape - do landscape gardening; "My sons landscapes for corporations and earns a good living" landscape - embellish with plants; "Let's landscape the yard"

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gardening

noun

Quotations
"Gardening is not a rational act" [Margaret Atwood Bluebeard's Egg]

Translations

gardening [ˈgɑːdnɪŋ] N (gen) → jardinería f; (= market gardening) → horticultura f
who does the gardening? → ¿quién es el jardinero?, ¿quién se encarga del jardín?

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gardening [ˈgɑː^rd^ənɪŋ] n → jardinage m
Margaret loves gardening → Margaret aime le jardinage.
to do the gardening → faire du jardinage
garden of remembrance n → jardin dans un cimetière)m du souvenir >
garden party [ˈgɑː^rd^ənpɑː^rti] n → garden-party f
garden path n
to lead sb up the garden path > → mener qn en bateau >
garden rubbish n → déchets mpl végétaux
garden suburb n → banlieue aménagée par un paysagiste)f résidentielle >
garden tools npl → outils mpl de jardinage
garden-variety [ˈgɑː^rd^ənvəraɪɪti] adj (US) (= ordinary) → ordinaire

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gardening

n → Gartenarbeit f; she loves gardening → sie arbeitet gerne im Garten, sie gärtnert gerne; gardening tools → Gartengeräte pl

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gardening [ˈgɑːdnɪŋ] n → giardinaggio

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gardening [ˈgɑːdnɪŋ] n → giardinaggio

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